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                    [Title] => ‘I am gay. I am normal.’
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Bemz Benedito, managing director of Make Your Nanay Proud (MYNP) Foundation and former congressional nominee of Ladlad partylist, sent me this open letter going around online sites and blogs.

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I came from a very conservative background and grew up believing that LGBTs were living a lie. But there was no malice in my holding such beliefs, so I’ve had a bit of trouble equating homophobia with hate.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1214768 [AuthorName] => Cate de Leon [SectionName] => Supreme [SectionUrl] => supreme [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1369382 [Title] => How to recognize and treat depression [Summary] =>

Everyone feels “blue” or “low” once in a while.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133436 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1778504 [AuthorName] => Tyrone M. Reyes M.D. [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 958027 [Title] => Rights case ruling favors 6-year-old US transgender girl [Summary] =>

Officials say a school district discriminated against a 6-year-old transgender girl by preventing her from using the girls' bathroom, in what advocates described as the first such U.S. ruling in the next frontier in civil rights.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-25 09:19:28 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1619749 [AuthorName] => Nicholas Riccardi and P. Solomon Banda [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => https://imageshack.com/scaled/large/191/6rsr.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 944197 [Title] => Shrink, critics face off over psychiatric manual [Summary] =>

In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one’s death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain “senior moments” are called “mild neurocognitive disorder.”

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The largest U.S. gun-rights lobbying organization declared its unwavering opposition to any new gun regulations in the aftermath of the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, accusing the White House of trying to undermine the constitutional right to bear arms.

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The term “phobia” has been used loosely and colloquially to refer to something one is afraid of.

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Are you gay?  Wait, don’t answer the question.

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When asked to make a choice, five-year-old Bertie will likely repeat the last option he just heard or when addressed, would repeat the last word or phrase of the sentence he just heard.

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In the past few decades gambling has become an increasingly available and socially acceptable activity; however, some individuals who gamble do so in a way that results in severe and wide-ranging negative consequences.

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